The slats have are 1/4” thick, but have a 3/8” wide 1/8” deep rabbet on the back side. That leaves 1/8” thick piece for the earrings to slide into (for stud type earrings)

26 slots on each row, spaced 1/2” apart. 5 rows, for 130 slots. I was thinking to myself “Man, that’s a ton of earrings”. Then I realized that they come in pairs, so it’s only half that; 65. That’s still a lot of earrings lol

Terry, pretty sure you could make one for yourself no worse than I could lol I’ve got some left over pegs, that will likely end up being used for a necklace hanger for my wife, as she’s got more necklaces than earrings

The making and sanding of the slats looked tedious. Was getting the positioning of the second side’s tenons a hassle? It just seems like it would be difficult to mark their location while assuring all would end up square.

It was a little tedious, but nothing like drilling holes for hanging pegs when you’re using a post drill!

When I did the layout for the mortises (for the slats and the other pieces) I clamped both side pieces together to mark the top/bottom of the mortises, then marking gauge for the width of the mortise (and offset from the front edge). That made it pretty easy to get them in the right places. I did pretty well, only had to wedge one of the 10 mortises for cutting it too wide lol

I don’t know why the thin stock used for the slats seemed as though it would pose a problem (flexing?), in my mind. For no reason whatsoever would it behave any different than the thicker stock, for layout, as you point out.

Thanks Andy. Helps that I record almost everything, and use just the good parts ;-)

Only thing I don’t like about doing so much video, is I end up with almost no progress pictures. Too much of a hassle to take it off the tripod and take pictures and set it back up etc… maybe I need another camera lol